AAMSPC 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- AAMSPC 1
- Transliteration
-
ḍwr w{q}f rs²rs²
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
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Ḍwr {stopped} Rs²rs²
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- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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This text likely belongs to the 'halting' genre, attested also in KMJ 47-49. There are secondary engravings on the stone obscuring many of the letters.
ḍwr: A personal name previously attested in Safaitic.
wqf: The common verb waqafa 'to halt.'
rs²rs²: This term is previously attested in Dhofari 1b but the context does not assist in its interpretation. It appears to be a reduplicated form of the root rs²s², which in Arabic means 'to sprinkle' and can signify a light rain. The MSAL root rśś signifies crawling or creeping and gives rise to the word rēśīt 'snake' (Johnstone 1987: 330).
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- A.A. Maḥāš al-Shaḥrī
- Technique
- Carved
- Direction of Script
- Vertical column
- [AAMSPC] Inscriptions in the private collection of ʿAlī ʾAḥmad Maḥāš al-Šaḥrī
- Johnstone, T.M. Mehri Lexicon and English-Mehri Word-List. With a list of the English definitions in the /Jibbāali Lexicon/ compiled by G.R. Smith. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1987.
- Site
- Unknown, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Current Location
- Private collection of A.A.M. Al-Shaḥrī
- Subject
- Query (subject uncertain)
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18 Feb, 2026
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'AAMSPC 1.' OCIANA. 18 Feb, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45998. Accessed: 01 Mar, 2026.